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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

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National Bargaining Council for the Wood and Paper Sector

Dispute Resolution Levy and Registration of Employers Collective Agreement

6. Dispute Resolution Levy

 

6.1 Every employer shall deduct R6,00 per month from the earnings of each of that employer's employees.

[Clause 6(6.1) substituted by section 3 of Notice No. 1085, GG42652, dated 19 August 2019]

 

6.2 The employer shall add an equal amount (R6,00) to the amount referred to in 6.1 above and shall forward the total amount to the Council on or before the 7th day of the month following the month in which the deductions were made. This payment shall be accompanied by a schedule stating the date of the deduction, the name of the employees in respect of whom deductions were made, the total amounts deducted, the amount contributed by the employer and the total amount paid over to the Council.

[Clause 6(6.2) substituted by section 3 of Notice No. 1085, GG42652, dated 19 August 2019]

 

6.3 Where an employee is on leave, whether on full pay or not, both the employee's own and the employer's contributions shall be continued for the period of such leave.

 

6.4 Whenever an employer pays any sum of money due to the Council in terms of 6.1 and 6.2 above in any manner other than in cash and such payment is not honoured for any reason whatsoever then, for the purposes of section 33A(9) of the Act, it shall be deemed that the employer has not paid the amount and interest shall be payable as provided in section 33A(9) of the Act, read with this clause.

 

6.5 Should any amount due in terms of this clause not be received by the Council on or by the 7th day of the following month, the employer shall forthwith be liable for and be required to pay interest on such amount as remains unpaid at an interest rate charged in terms of section 33A(9) of the Act, calculated from the 1st day of the month in which the payment is due until the day upon which payment is actually received by the Council.

 

6.6 An employer who is charged interest in terms of section 33A(9) of the Act regarding that portion of the amount that the employer is entitled to deduct from an employee's earnings in terms of 6.1 above, shall not deduct that interest from the employee's wages and earnings.

 

6.7 Any interest due to the Council in terms of section 33A(9) of the Act shall be payable on demand and unpaid interest shall itself accrue interest on a monthly basis.

 

6.8 In exceptional cases the Council may decide in its absolute discretion to waive payment of such interest or part thereof.

 

6.9 In the event of the Council's incurring any costs or becoming obliged to pay any collection commission by reason of the failure of the employer to make any payment on or before the due date, the employer shall then also be liable to pay forth­ with all such costs of whatever nature as between attorney and client and all such collection commission, and the Council shall be entitled in its absolute discretion to allocate any payment by the employer, first in satisfaction of such costs, collection commission and interest, and thereafter in deduction of the overdue capital amount.